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means The exchange of sex for money or goods, a trade as old as commerce itself and legislated in every era since.

from From Latin prostituere — 'to expose publicly, set forth for sale' — itself built from pro- ('forth, before') and statuere ('to set up, cause to stand'). The Romans used the verb literally: to place something, or someone, out in the open for public view and purchase. English borrowed the word in the 1500s still carrying that blunt image of being 'put on display' — which is exactly why the term has always sounded less like a job description and more like an accusation.